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...PUBLIC attention has of late been called to the gentleman who represents us at the Court of St. James, by the publication of a volume from his pen, discussing in a masterly manner the rules of Draw Poker. Many have thought such a work beneath the dignity of a United States Minister; and the frequency with which this dignity has been urged has revived the memory of an experience of my own which may not prove uninteresting...
...LIMITED number of Lexington Centennial medals will be struck immediately in bronze at the U. S. Mint in Philadelphia. Historical Societies, Numismatic Societies, Public Libraries, or individual collectors can order them at $ I each (neatly packed in boxes), by sending word...
Most of us have heard that the English government watch the debates in order to select the most promising speakers and put them in office; whether this be true or not, there have certainly been many men who were prominent in the Societies and afterwards attained great prominence in public life. For instance, in a list of one hundred and fifty five Presidents at Oxford there are thirty who are marked as M. P.'s, or as in some way connected with the government, while almost seventy have some distinction either of rank or in the government, in the Universities...
...figured in the spelling-match at Music Hall on Saturday last were not representatives of Harvard University. They were students of Harvard University, but were not authorized by any one except themselves to enter the contest. The general feeling in college is against such exhibitions of learning in public halls and theatres, especially when prizes are offered and entrance-money pocketed by the managers...
...through. The "Ave Maria" was finely given, and was encored, as were the majority of the pieces. The "Polka" made the most decided "hit" of the evening, and was applauded as rapturously after, as before the encore. A Waltz, by Dudley Buck, which had never before been given in public by the Club, pleased the audience, though it was sung very unevenly and is a rather ordinary composition. The tenor solo was finely sung and well received. Mozart's "Violet" was given for the encore. The College songs were sung with spirit, and, as is usual in "foreign parts," were...